Two 7,000-year-old mummies belong to a previously unknown human lineage that remained isolated in North Africa for thousands of years, a new study finds. The mummies are the remains of women who once ...

(Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the ...

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The study provides critical new insights into the African Humid Period, a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara desert was a green savanna, rich in water bodies that facilitated ...

In the middle of the 19 th century, the German explorer Heinrich Barth discovered prehistoric Saharan rock sculptures and engravings while traveling through the Sahara Desert in North Africa. Barth, ...

The African humid period reveals how northern Africa was dramatically wetter during the late Pleistocene and Holocene geologic epochs, when much of the Sahara desert was covered by grasses, trees and ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Situated in North Africa, the Sahara desert is recognized as one of the driest places on the Earth, with less than 1 inch of rain every year and the highest temperatures reaching ...

With the devastating impacts of climate change racing up with every passing day, Africa's mighty Sahara Desert is undergoing an unprecedented transition owing to an unusual rainfall influx. The ...

Areas of the barren land of the Sahara Desert, the largest hot desert in the world, have surprisingly turned green, NASA satellite images show. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT The desert is one ...